• Home
  • Speaking
  • About Us
  • Contact

The Practicing Catholic

Intentionally, joyfully living the faith ... we hope.

Sainthood

Happily Ever After

November 9, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments

November 7, 2010: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The “afterlife” is an interesting topic. Bring it up with enough people and you will get responses ranging from reincarnation to rapture and everything in between, including nothing at all. What do you believe? This was the subject of the past Sunday’s readings. Maccabee Martyrs. In the first … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Death, Faith, Heaven, Hope, Iraq, Maccabees, Martyr, Mass, Original Sin, Our Lady of Salvation, Sadducees, Sainthood, saints, St. Lawrence, trust, virtues

What is a Practicing Catholic?

August 12, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment

A guy gets into a cab in New York City and asks the cab driver,  “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?”  The cab driver replies, “Practice,  practice,  practice.” This old, amusing pun underscores one of life’s universal truths. If you want to become the best you can possibly be at something, regardless of your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Faith, Heaven, Practice, Sainthood, saints
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • SoundCloud
  • Apple
  • Google +

Deacon Joel and Lisa Schmidt

Copyright © 2019 The Practicing Catholic.

Omega WordPress Theme by ThemeHall

Clef two-factor authentication